Ethereum ICO-era whale address transfer 145,000 ETH weeks before the Merge
The high amount of ETH transfers just a month prior to the Merge generated community curiosity, with some claiming it to be a dump while others believe it could be done for staking. An Ethereum (ETH) whale wallet that participated in the Genesis Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and obtained about 150,000 ETH in 2014 was activated again on Aug. 14 after three years of dormancy.The whale address transferred 145,000 ETH to multiple wallets as Ether price surged to a new 3-month high of over $2,000. The transfers were made in a batch of 5,000 ETH per transaction and a few transfers of over 10,000....
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